THE POTENTIALS OF CAPTURE FISHERIES COMMODITIES FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF TOURISM SECTOR IN CENTRAL BANGKA REGENCY OF INDONESIA

Abstract

In 2010, Central Bangka Regency was one of 197 regencies in Indonesia designated by The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries as a minapolitan area in the Bangka Belitung Island Province. The potential of agriculture,marine and fisheries in Central Bangka Regency is very large, so it needs to be supported by a variety of policies, programs and development activities in the marine and fisheries sector in order to suport the tourism sector in order to support the tourism sector as to realize community independence. The support of the capture fisheries sector in meeting the needs of tourist, hotels, restaurants, culinary and souvenirs of processed fish is very much needed. This study uses the Location Question (LQ) approach with secondary data to determine the minapolitan potential of capture fisheries as ab effort to meet the needs of the tourism sector.The result in this study states that 50 % of the small pelagic fish catagories have an LQ Value > 1, 42,85% of the large pelagic fish catagory have LQ Value> 1, 57.69 %the demersal fish catagory has an LQ Value >1. 71,52 % of the reef fish catagory had an LQ Value>1, 60% of the hard-skinned fish catagory had an LQ Value> 1, and 50% for the soft-bodied fish catagory had anLQValue>1. These results indicate that 55,35% of capture fisheries commodities in Central Bangka Regency have been able to meet the needs of the tourism sector area.

Keywords

• capture fisheries
• main commodities
• tourism sector
• public service